Weight thoughts........

If he hasn't got any fat pads or a cresty neck and has never had laminitis then I wouldn't worry too much right now but I would certainly look to be getting his grass reduced way before April if he is still at a similar weight :)
 
He's a dear little thing and to be honest if he's not a proven lami-risk, I wouldn't be overly worried, but would keep an exceedingly close eye on him. Re belly, obvious question but has he been wormed?
 
He looks similar to my little one. I would be worried if she came out of winter plump but they need a bit of coverage at this stage.
 
Don't forget we have had an exceptionally mild autumn and very mild here today so he won't have used his grass/haylage for keeping warm yet. You will probably see a change when it gets colder for any length of time (if it ever does).
 
Weigh taped him again today and he's dropped again :-) He's now been split from his mate so they both have about an acre each and also we know exactly what each is getting feed wise.

Because I have no storage for hay he is having a bucket feed of hifi lite am to give him something to do and then a token amount of high fibre haylage. He seems happy with this and he's dropping weight and he's not getting stroppy!
 
I must be a real softy, but my new forest is unclipped , out 24/7 but has a thick full neck rug on, even though he has a fluffy coat. The thought of him standing in torrential rain with no rug on makes me cringe. Mine is a little porky too but im not worried, he will be sectioned off as soon as the grass starts growing again.
 
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